Display-stand.



F. G. SGHMEHL.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION 11.21) NOV. a4, 1913.

1 ,13,086, Patented July 14,1914.

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FREDERICK GEORGE SCHMEI-IL, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July Me, 19514:.

Application filed November 24, 1913. Serial No. 802,630.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. SCHMEI-IL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stands for displaying goods of a light portable nature, such as mesh bags, neck chains, collapsible fans and similar light articles; the stand is designed to be located on a counter or a table in a department store where it is readily accessible to the inspection of prospective purchasers, and the object is to prevent unauthorized removal, sometimes called shop lifting.

The invention consists of a fixed crossrod closely parallel with which is a second rod, adapted to slide in the direction of its major axis; there is a central socket at the head of the vertical standard through which the rod slides and there are fixed stops on the sliding rod on each side of the socket to establish a limit of movement for the rod in either direction. At each end of the fixed rod is a perforated socket or guide, one for each end of the parallel sliding rod, so that said rod may have its terminals concealed and when moved longitudinally it has two bearing points, one at the central standard and one at the end of the fixed rod; and this is true Whether the sliding rod is moved one way or the other. It results from this construction that the light articles suspended on the fixed rod can not be readily removed and can only be removed by first moving the slidable rod one way or the other, for which purpose it is necessary to employ both hands, a proceeding calculated to attract attention and also a knowledge of the operation necessarily employed to move the sliding rod.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical, side elevation of the stand in a normal position with articles suspended on the fixed rod. while the upper rod is in its normal, closed position. Fig. 2 shows the movable rod slid along to its limit of movement in one direction to free articles suspended on the fixed rod; Fig. 3 is a cross section at a, b, Fig. 1.

There is a Weighted stand consisting of a base 8, in which is fixed a vertical rod or post 2; a suitable casting 4:, shaped substantia ly as shown, is perforated at 8, to receive a rod 3, fixed in position, as by soldering or brazing. Castings 5 and 6 are fixed on opposite ends of fixed cross rod 3, and extend in the same vertical plane; the casting 5, is perforated at 9, and the casting 6, is perforated at 11, while the casting 4, is perforated at 7 The sliding rod w, is arranged in the plane of rod 3, and is slid in through th perforations 9 and 7 or 11 and 7 in the casting 4:, 5 and 6; at fixed distances on each side, stops, like balls are firmly fixed on rod 00; these balls 3 furnish a limit of motion for the rod w, in either direction. The ends of the rod m, are normally housed in the perforations 9, and 11, in castings 5, and 6.

The sliding rod 00, may be supported in some other relative position with respect to the fixed rod 3, as, for instance, in the same horizontal plane, the important feature being that the sliding rod shall constitute a guard against the unauthorized removal of portable articles suspended on the fixed rod and that the means of unguarding these articles shall not be immediately apparent.

What I claim is:

1. In a display stand the combination of a vertical supporting rod, a casting having two adjacent perforations, said casting being fixed to the upper end of said vertical rod, a horizontal rod fixed in one of said perforations at a substantially right angle to said vertical rod, a second rod arranged parallel with the first rod, sliding in the second perforation in said casting, and fixed stops on said second rod to limit the extent of reciprocating movement of said rod.

2. In a display stand, the combination of vertical supporting means, a casting fixed to the upper portion of said supporting means, a horizontal rod fixed to said casting, a second horizontal rod arranged to slide in a perforation in said casting, means for limiting the extent of sliding movement in each direction and means for housing the terminals of said second rod fixed to the terminals of the first rod.

3. In a display stand, the combination of vertical supporting means, a casting fixed to the upper portion of said supporting means,

a horizontal rod fixed to said casting, a secsaid castings having perforations through 0nd horizontal rod arranged to slide in a which the second rod may slide end be perforation in said casting, stops fixed to housed or hidden.

said rod on opposite sides of said casting FREDERICK GEORGE SGHMEHL. to limit the extent of sliding movement, and Witnesses perforated castings carried by the first W. B. VANSIZE,

named rod at opposite terminals thereof, F. B. TUCKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for live cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents.

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